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Your face on the internet without knowing it: this is how Muse Image worked

July 11, 2026
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The idea was simple: you write a prompt, tag a public Instagram account with an @, and the system generates an image using that person's face or appearance. Wait. Any public account? Without that person knowing someone is using them? No notification. No prior permission. Without receiving an alert that someone has just generated an image with your face placed in whatever context they wanted. The only protection was that the system automatically excluded private accounts and anyone under eighteen. If you were an adult with a public account, you were included by default. In other words, the model was opt-out, not opt-in. You had to actively opt out if you didn't want to participate.

The idea was simple: you write a prompt, tag a public Instagram account with an @, and the system generates an image using that person’s face or appearance. Wait. Any public account? Without that person knowing someone is using them? No notification. No prior permission. Without receiving an alert that someone has just generated an image with your face placed in whatever context they wanted. The only protection was that the system automatically excluded private accounts and anyone under eighteen. If you were an adult with a public account, you were included by default. In other words, the model was opt-out, not opt-in. You had to actively opt out if you didn’t want to participate.

Full episode: https://youtu.be/2HFlnYEQ42M

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